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And the fact remains that in 1903, seventy five years after the abolition of the slave trade (because it was cruel) there exists in Africa a Congo State, created by the act of the European Powers where ruthless, systematic cruelty towards the blacks is the basis of administration [ . . . ]. (Joseph Conrad i brev til Roger Casement, 21.12.1903).

Alas, meetings leed to parting — and the more one meets, the more painful the separations become. Such is Fate. (Joseph Conrad i brev til Margueritte Poradowska, Kinshasa, Kongo 1890).